By Future Brown
Herald Democrat<\/p>\n
Carter BloodCare Texoma, formerly Texoma Regional Blood Center, has served this region since April 1, 1975. Carter BloodCare has served Texas since 1951.<\/p>\n
Now under its new ownership, the Sherman blood center is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter BloodCare collects blood and blood components across 59 counties in North, Central and East Texas to support more than 225 hospitals and medical facilities,\u201d the release said. \u201cThe Texas-based nonprofit\u2019s services include blood collection, processing, testing, storage and distribution, along with specialties in apheresis and cellular therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those wishing to donate blood should be aware of the center\u2019s general donation guidelines:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must be 17 years of age<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must be in good general health and meet all blood donor guidelines.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must weigh a minimum of 110 pounds.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Minimum Hemoglobin Requirements: 12.5 g\/dL for Females & 13.0 g\/dl for Males<\/p>\n
\u2013 Pulse must fall between 50-100 beats per minute with no irregularities.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Temperature must not exceed 99.5 F.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Blood Pressure must fall between 90-180 Systolic and 50-100 Diastolic.<\/p>\n
For more information, call 1-800-366-2834.<\/p>\n
Local blood drives:<\/p>\n
Fri., Aug. 21<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walmart, Denison;<\/p>\n
6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Progress Rail, Van Alstyne;<\/p>\n
Sat., Aug. 22<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Melissa Public Library;<\/p>\n
Tues., Aug. 25<\/p>\n
6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Globitech;<\/p>\n
Wed., Aug. 26<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Albertsons Sherman;<\/p>\n
12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Lake Kiowa Lodge;<\/p>\n
Thurs., Aug. 27<\/p>\n
5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Globitech;<\/p>\n
Fri., Aug. 28<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sherman Town Center;<\/p>\n
Mon., Aug. 29<\/p>\n
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Harley Davidson, Sherman;<\/p>\n
Wed., Sept. 2<\/p>\n
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. First Baptist Collinsville;<\/p>\n
Thurs., Sept. 3<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grayson Appraisal District;<\/p>\n
Fri., Sept. 4<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. W&C Specialty Products;<\/p>\n
Sat., Sept. 5<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grace Point Church of Nazarene;<\/p>\n
Tues., Sept. 8<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Austin College;<\/p>\n
Wed., Sept. 9<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Collin College \u2013 McKinney;<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ector High School;<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grayson College;<\/p>\n
Thurs., Sept. 10<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carrus Health;<\/p>\n
Sat., Sept. 12<\/p>\n
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mustang Lakes;<\/p>\n
Mon., Sept. 14<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tioga High School;<\/p>\n
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brookeshite\u2019s of Celina;<\/p>\n
12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pate Neuro Rehabilitation;<\/p>\n
Tues., Sept. 15<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Steps to Strides;<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Offen Petroleum;<\/p>\n
Wed., Sept. 16<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Founders Classical Academy Prosper;<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Whitesboro High School;<\/p>\n
Thurs., Sept. 17<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pottsboro High School;<\/p>\n
Sun., Sept. 20<\/p>\n
8:30-3:30 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel;<\/p>\n
Tues., Sept. 22<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Modular Power Solutions;<\/p>\n
Wed., Sept. 23<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Whitewright High School;<\/p>\n
Sat., Sept. 26<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pottsboro Chamber of Commerce;<\/p>\n
Tues., Sept. 29<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. North Star Ranch SNF;<\/p>\n
Wed., Sept. 30<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Blue Ridge High School;<\/p>\n
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sherman Medical Center;<\/p>\n
Sat., Oct. 3<\/p>\n
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Light Farms;<\/p>\n
Sat., Oct. 10<\/p>\n
2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Grace Point Church of Nazarene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Future BrownHerald Democrat Carter BloodCare Texoma, formerly Texoma Regional Blood Center, has served this region since April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-412938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}